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W203 - Tyre wear?

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Hi people - I've had a look through the archives hoping for an answer but no joy.

My W203 220 CDi (Goodyear Eagle NCT5s - 195/65 R15) which has now covered 15000 miles has worn the rears. Looking at previous posts it would seem that this while not brilliant wear is near enough normal. We don't drive the thing hard but the roads round here are less than perfect.
What does concern me is that the wear is in the middle of the tyres which to me suggests over inflation, please correct me if I'm wrong. However the tyres are set and checked regularly at 2.1, 2.3 bar front and rear respectively. Is this kind of wear normal? When it goes in for the first service at about 17000 miles is it something worth asking the stealership?
The front offside is fine however the front nearside is also worn rather more than I'd expecting on the outside edge.


Then the $60 million question - anyone got any good recommendations for replacements? Do I stick with the Goodyears? Also where do I get them - cheapest I've found is www.mytyres.co.uk - anyone with experiences?

Thanks as always.
 
Hi Busker,

Please see this thread.

You will notice that fuzzer (who has a W203 IIRC) has got through a set of NCT5s in around the same mileage as you.

You can however get a excellent deal on Michelins, apparantly less than £150 for a set of four!

HTH, :)

Cheers,

Will
 
All Mercs wear the centre of the rears and the outside of the fronts, thats why you are meant to rotate them every 6k.

Your car being a diesel doesn't help because all that torque has to go somewhere.

My car wore the rears almost bald in 11k on P6000s, the Michelins look good at 17k, with seemingly no trade off.
 
Tell me about it .....

at my car has just passed 16k , so i wasnt far off with 15ish eariler.

The rears which are now on the front after being rotated at 10k are now almost at the end of their life. :( The rears still have a bit left in them , but i just fancy michelins all round TBH. P6000's arent the best either .. they wear fast and have little traction in the wet :(

Ive just got michelin pilot premacy tyres for my W203 which i quite like ( i has them on my w210 before) , but my W211 is sitting on 245/45/17 Continental Sport Contact 2 tyres at the moment , which are sticky in the dry , great in the wet and look hardly worn after 18k ish .

Costco before the end of the week is your best bet , even if you buy them and store them till youre ready for them .. at 150 , you can't go wrong.
 
Time for an update.....

Thanks for the help. Missed out on the CostCo offer. Went to http://www.mytyres.co.uk/start.html in the end and got them (Goodyears Eagle NCT5s) for £44 a corner which I'm happy with. Me thinks their website is translated, from possibly German, as some of the questions asked during the ordering process were oddly amusing!

However they haven't arrived yet, I'm waiting.........
 
The Bald Eagles are no more.

Just to update my story the tyres took about a week to arrive. Happy with that. Looks like they have come from Germany??

Had a struggle to find someone in Norwich to fit them - perhaps should have tried the independants.

So generally impressed with http://www.mytyres.co.uk
 
If you fancy a trip to Kettering try these people. Send them a request and they ring back with a quote.

My Continental Premium Contacts 225/55 R16 W were £114 fitted and balanced, instead of £150. :bannana: :bannana:

You also get £5 of each order by printing off the voucher from their site.

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